Search results matching tag 'art'

Make a Dried Flower Creation

wag.mado@evpl — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:13:00 GMT

Have you ever wanted to make a keepsake from your dried flowers? Local artist, Debbie Jacobs will show us how at the next Savvy Senior Series program. Come join us to learn tachniques and make a dried flower creation of your own.

This program will be in Central Library's Browning Events Room on Wednesday, June 13 at 6:30 PM.

As always, this program is free and open to the public. All materials will be provided.

Please register here.

Make A Beautiful Organza Brooch

wag.mado@evpl — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:51:00 GMT

At this week's Savvy Senior Series program, we are learning to make a brooch out of organza. Please join us and design your very own beautiful brooch to wear this summer.

Carriage House Apartments at 5300 Carriage Drive is hosting this program at 2:00 PM on Thursday, May 17th.

Come, be creative and join the fun!

As always, the program is free and open to the public. For a list of future Savvy Senior programs, click here.

River City Community Art Project

jennywren@evpl — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:51:00 GMT

We will begin celebrating the Evansville Bicentennial with River City a Community Art Project here at EVPL. Come and participate in Central's lobby beginning Tuesday, January 17th. Art project participation is open to everyone and it will be fun and possibly a bit messy. The focus is on what you like about Evansville rather than the history of the city. So, help make this community project a success.

Laser Light Photography for Teens

smackdaisley@evpl — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:22:00 GMT

Laser Light Photography for Teens

In 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited the artist Pablo Picasso in the south of France. He showed Picasso some images of ice skaters with lights fixed to their skates. The skaters were photographed in a darkened room and the lights trailed to the back of their skates like little comets. Inspired by these images, Picasso soon began work on his own series of photographs known as his “light drawings.” The drawings were made with a small flashlight in a dark room and ranged from faces to bulls, people, flowers, and abstract shapes.

Light photography, also known as light painting or light graffiti, is a photographic technique in which exposures are made at unusually long intervals. This is done by slowing down the shutter speed on the camera. Basically, a camera is a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light sensitive medium at the other (film, digital card). Today we typically use digital cards, and then upload the images from the card to our computers. The light enters the lens and after a certain amount of time the image is recorded on the card, resulting in an exposure. The time it takes for the image to be recorded on the card is determined by the shutter speed.

The cool thing about digital cameras is that you can manually control the time it takes to record the image. It’s as easy as pressing a button or setting a dial. A short shutter speed is like pointing and shooting your cell phone. Click. Your picture is done. A longer shutter speed could take up to several seconds or minutes depending on how long you set it. If you’re crafty like Picasso, you could set the speed to 30 seconds, grab your flashlight, and start drawing in a darkened room. The camera will follow the movement of the light as it records the image. The result is whatever you want it to be. Draw hearts, stars, Pac-Man symbols, peace signs, or trace your friends’ silhouettes. Better yet, try “writing” your name or launching a fireball from your palm.

If this sounds like something that interests you, then come join us on August 13^th in the Browning Room at Central. Experiment with light photography in an altered light room. It’s free and open to the public. Use black lights, glow sticks, flashlights, laser pointers, and other light sources to create interesting exposures. Be creative, bring some friends, and have fun. We hope to see you there!

Date and time: http://www.evpl.org/events/search/event.aspx?id=25724

Teen Art Show @ Central's Teen Zone

KickinLibrarian@evpl — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:15:00 GMT

Teen Art Show @ Central's Library Teen Zone

Monday, November 29 through Friday, December 17

Teens can turn in drawings and photographs at the PMC Information Desk between November 29 and December 17 for a chance to win the EVPL Teen Art Contest! The top three winners will be chosen the week before Christmas, and will receive a ribbon and prize. Art must be picked up by January 7, 2011.

Calling All Tweens: Open Mic Night this Friday!

FiddleChick@evpl — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:32:00 GMT

Are you eager to show off your latest poetry, short story, unique abilities or musical talents? Do you have some excellent artwork to display? Join the ‘Tween Open Mic Night for the opportunity to show off your creative side.

Each individual who registers to show their creative abilities on the stage will be allowed up to 3 minutes to show their stuff!

Not feeling particularly creative, feel free to come and enjoy. Who knows? You might be inspired!

For further information, feel free to contact Christa Shipley at christas@evpl.org

Linnea

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:57:00 GMT

Linnea's Windowsill Garden and Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Björk and Lena Anderson are two garden books that are great even in cold weather!

Linnea and I have something fun in common. We've both received amaryllis bulbs as Christmas presents. Amaryllis bulbs are not very pretty, but if you plant one and take good care of it, it grows a big, beautiful flower! I was about 9 or 10 years old when I got my amaryllis bulb and my copy of Linnea's Windowsill Garden for Christmas. When I opened the box, a bag of dirt was on top and I thought that's all I got! I had a lot of fun telling people I got dirt for Christmas. My mom helped me plant my bulb in a pot over Christmas break, but first we read about planting and taking care of the amaryllis on page 38 of the book. The amaryllis is just one neat plant project in this book of green growing activities.

Linnea in Monet's Garden is all about Linnea's trip to see the garden of the famous painter Claude Monet. Monet made his own garden very famous with his paintings. Some of his best-known paintings, beautiful impressionist paintings of water lilies and Japanese bridges, were done in his own garden. Now people travel to see the garden that inspired his painting. This book is a great introduction to Claude Monet, but if it leaves you wanting to know even more about Monet and impressionist painting, just ask! We have more books!

"Land art" (and land art for kids)

googler@evpl — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:03:00 GMT

There are several artists working in an almost unclassifiable genre sometimes called "land art," "earthworks," or "earth art." Land art involves working with natural materials, outside. Some "pieces" are very large, for instance using thousands of rocks to create a man-made jetty. But many current practitioners work on a much smaller scale, crafting boxes out of leaves or stacking rocks into precise shapes. The pieces are often sculptural in nature, but the most defining feature is that they are placed out in the open, left to change and erode under natural conditions.

One of the foremost practioners is Andy Goldsworthy, and the Library has several books and videos that highlight his fascinating work.

Another practitioner is a lesser known artist named Richard Shilling. The Library doesn't have any of his publications, but I've been following his Flickr stream and his blog. He's just announced a new project, a website titled "Land Art for Kids," which I think is brilliant. As he says, "land art is the perfect activity for kids and adults alike. What could be better than something that gets you active and creative, outdoors in the fresh air experiencing and learning about nature and discovering all you can about this wonderful world we share." He provides examples, instructions, and inspiration on the site, with more content on the way. (You can help create content, possibly, by sharing accounts and photos of the art your kids come up with.)

Sounds like the perfect way to spend time with kids on sunny, crisp November days!

Word Clouds as Works of Art

Bufkinite@evpl — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:51:00 GMT

Noodling around on the web is great fun because in doing so, I sometimes find things that I end up being amazed by, but would otherwise never have thought interesting. The web site wordle.net is one such example. You can enter any text into it - love letters, web pages, emails, anything! - and it will create a word cloud which gives greater prominence to words appearing more frequently in the source text.

You can play around with the results, changing fonts, color schemes, the direction of the type (e.g. horizontal or vertical), and the overall layout. The results are surprising, and very often stunning.

I'm a word person - I not only love to use words, I enjoy finding just the right word, and am frequently peeved (friends say more than I should be) by the unnecessary use of words, or the incorrect use of words. (Don't even get me started on words like "digitalization" or "irregardless"!) So finding a web site that does nothing but render words into things of striking beauty is a real pleasure for me!

Just to give you an example, here is a word cloud - courtesy of http://www.wordle.net - using the text of this blog post!

Check it out!

Acrylic Painting with Connie Rae Bell

TeenLibrarian@evpl — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:59:00 GMT

Art for art's sake continues its art experience with will local painter Connie Rae Bell. Teens ages 12-18

Thursday, November 13 at 3:45

Central Library - Browning Events Room

Connie Rae Bell enjoys painting with bold strong colors in a variety of styles. She enjoyes realism, impressionistic and abstract. She teaches oil and acrylic painting to all ages.

If you have missed our local artists Sean Davis and Billy Hedel, you have certainly missed a fun, playful time.Don't miss Connie Rae Bell.

Please pre-tegister by calling Charles Sutton at 428-8217 or by email Teen Librarian. Art supplies are limited.

Painting, refreshments, and fun in a low key playful atmosphere.

Connie Rae Bell and her daughters were recently featured in the September/October 2008 issue of Evansville Living. Please check our catalog for available copies.